Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2863
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL MAKE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE TO PERSONS SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER UPON THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A DRIVERS LICENSE OR STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC RECORD OF SUCH VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO COUNTY REGISTRARS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY REGISTRARS TO REGISTER ELIGIBLE PERSONS UPON RECEIVING AN ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.